Western Colorado

The following road closures and maintenance projects may impact traffic this week: CDOT widening of Interstate 70 Business Loop: This project will widen I-70B between 24 Road and 24 3/4 Road. Traffic has been switched to the south side of the ...

Sunday, Sept. 5 How to Connect with your Horse clinic, Dream Catcher Horse Therapy and End of The Trail Horse Rescue and Sanctuary, 5814 Colorado Highway 348, Olathe, for all horse people and any breed of horse, 2-5 p.m., donation to Dream ...

Hundreds turned out for the 2010 Chipeta Day celebration at the Ute Indian museum in Montrose. Saturday’s festivities consisted of a large variety of Native American events and dances. Chipeta Day began in 2002 as a way to honor the ...

Grand Valley Hybrids, which has been growing hybrid seed corn in western Colorado since 1946, has been purchased by Dow AgroSciences LLC. The acquisition will complement Dow AgroSciences’ Mycogen Seeds brand and contribute to the ...

Ladies Bible study to begin Sept. 14 A ladies Bible study will begin Sept. 14 at Monument Baptist Church, 486 23 Road. The study will be from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and will cover “Prophesy of events to take place before the ...

Direct distributions to local entities from two energy-related funds are down sharply from a year ago. But a Rio Blanco County commissioner fears worse things for the future of the program if the state-budget picture doesn’t ...

Mountain climber Seth Anderson had been to the top of the world, scaling to the highest points in North and South America. He was six mountains away from bagging all of Colorado’s Fourteeners and had climbed countless other 13,000-foot ...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes will march ahead in what his party chairman says is a virtually impossible task for the candidate: trying to recapture the governor’s mansion. Maes, in a news release issued about 90 minutes ...

As a boy, Seth Anderson always was curious about what looks to be a hieroglyphic depiction of a large bird on Grand Mesa. American Indians, including Ute Indians who lived on the slopes of Grand Mesa, had stories about the supernatural ...